Amateur enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to co
Happy holidays! In this episode, presented without commercial interruption, Jacke revisits the secon
Happy holidays! In this episode, presented without commercial interruption, Jacke revisits the first
Generally speaking, a common conception of U.S. race relations in the mid-twentieth century runs lik
Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. Inspired
Before his marriage, before meeting Herman Melville, and before the publication of The Scarlet Lette
A legendary king, knights of the round table, magic and myths and valiant quests - the stories of Ki
After taking a look at a wintry poem by Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay, Jacke talks to editor
From the beginning of his career as a poet, W.H. Auden wrestled with the meaning of Englishness. He
By listener request, Jacke presents a conversation with Nigerian-born novelist Chigozie Obioma (The
Guilty pleasures! We use the phrase all the time, but what does it really mean? Can reading a book e
Troubled patron saint of confessional poetry? Quintessential literary sad girl? Genius poet rightful
He's best known as the author of The Catcher in the Rye, one of the great publishing and cultural su
Jacke talks to award-winning novelist and short story writer Charles Baxter about his new book, Bloo
In 1949, Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces posited the existence of a "monomyth," a unive
Written in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has been an essential component of Weste
It's a Literary Feast Day at the History of Literature Podcast! First, Jacke talks to old friend Mik
Throughout the 1930s, Ernest Hemingway was in the public eye as a journalist, short story writer, ac
Although their lives were filled with darkness and death, their love for stories and ideas led them
When he undertook his research on Harriet Jacobs and her brother John Swanson Jacobs, scholar Jonath
"Wright was one of those people," said poet Amiri Baraka, "who made me conscious of the need to stru
